Joe Biden
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The United States, together with its allies, will provide Russia with serious and decisive consequences in the event of an aggravation of the situation in Ukraine, Moscow risks weakening its position. This was stated by the American president during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, says on the White House website.
“A Russian invasion of Ukraine will lead to massive human suffering and weaken the position of Russia,” the American president said.
Washington is ready to engage in diplomacy, coordinating with allies and partners, but there is an equal degree of readiness for “other scenarios,” Biden assured Putin.
Politico learned about Biden’s date of the Russian “invasion”
Putin and Biden talked for about an hour, the conversation ended at about 20:06 Moscow time. The Kremlin called the American side the initiator of the contact, but the interlocutor Reuters in the Biden administration said that Moscow had approached them with a proposal for talks on Monday. The White House offered to organize a conversation between Putin and Biden on Saturday, February 12, which suited Moscow, the source said. Reuters.